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Updates Relating to the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Lancet / Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy / Alzheimer’s and Dementia)

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has updated evidence on modifiable risk factors the prevention of dementia, and the “life-course model of dementia prevention”. There were nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia … Continue reading →

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Dementia Risk Factors Re-Explored / Confirmed (NIHR Signal / BMJ Open)

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A further systematic review indicates that unhealthy behaviours tend to increase dementia risk. Pooled meta-analysis of previous research demonstrate a 20% increase in the risk of dementia from one risk factor, while the co-occurrence of three risk factors doubles … Continue reading →

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More on the The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Lancet)

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has produced recommendations for the prevention of dementia, proposing a “life-course model of dementia prevention” incorporating nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia. The commission also offers recommendations about the pharmacological, … Continue reading →

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Advancing Population Health: Government Consulation on Personalised Medicine and Prevention for the 2020s (BBC News / Cabinet Office / DHSC)

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It is expected that, by the 2020s, technological advances including genomics and artificial intelligence (AI) will massively improve “proactive, predictive, and personalised” approaches to the prevention of ill health. A wide-ranging consultation document explains many of the options, opportunities … Continue reading →

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Healthy Lifestyles May Partially Help Offset Genetic Risk Factors for Dementia (BBC News / JAMA / Bazian)

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Persons in the UK Biobank study were followed over time to discover whether pursuing a healthy lifestyle (not smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet and moderate alcohol consumption) might be associated with lower risk of developing dementia regardless of predisposing genetic risk factors. Statistically, favourable (“healthy”) lifestyles … Continue reading →

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WHO Guidelines on Dementia Prevention (BBC News / WHO)

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines on the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. This follows earlier related guidance and consensus statements from other bodies, nationally and internationally, which recommend the adoption of healthy lifestyles for healthier … Continue reading →

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Mental Health Research: Official Framework (Department of Health)

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health has published a framework covering intended mental health research in the UK over the next decade. This is another response to recommendations in the independent Mental Health Taskforce’s Five Year Forward View for Mental Health … Continue reading →

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Unhealthy Lifestyles In Middle-Aged Adults (BBC News / PHE / NHS Digital / Neurology)

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Public Health England (PHE) report indicates that middle-aged people in England are increasingly likely to experience health problems such as diabetes and dementia in later life as a result of their unhealthy lifestyles today. Data from the latest … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Health In Older Adults: Changing Unhealthy Lifestyles and Reducing Risk Factors (PHE)

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Public Health England (PHE) and the Cambridge Institute of Public Health have produced a summary of reviews which offer evidence to support the commissioning of interventions concerning a range of modifiable lifestyle risk factors / unhealthy behaviours in older … Continue reading →

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Public Awareness of the Risk Factors for Dementia (PHE / NatCen / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A survey commissioned by Public Health England (PHE) has identified patchy levels of awareness concerning the “known” dementia risk factors. Most British people, it appears, are able to identify at least one risk factor for increased risk of developing … Continue reading →

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